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Facilities for the elderly. Day centres. By ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Facilities for the elderly. Day centres. Centres and places. By ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2016
Centres Places
Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total
Alt Camp 4 3 2 9 59 80 45 184
Alt Empordà 5 4 3 12 79 79 84 242
Alt Penedès 7 3 3 13 103 30 70 203
Alt Urgell 1 1 0 2 10 30 0 40
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12
Anoia 7 1 6 14 116 36 184 336
Aran 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 22
Bages 7 10 12 29 107 137 225 469
Baix Camp 12 2 9 23 272 40 201 513
Baix Ebre 4 2 2 8 110 75 70 255
Baix Empordà 4 3 2 9 65 85 80 230
Baix Llobregat 67 15 11 93 1,104 439 283 1,826
Baix Penedès 8 1 3 12 93 6 100 199
Barcelonès 157 25 36 218 2,882 615 1,048 4,545
Berguedà 3 3 4 10 65 60 105 230
Cerdanya 0 1 1 2 0 10 15 25
Conca de Barberà 1 0 4 5 10 0 62 72
Garraf 6 3 3 12 193 105 110 408
Garrigues 1 0 3 4 10 0 78 88
Garrotxa 4 2 2 8 94 40 97 231
Gironès 7 2 4 13 139 50 90 279
Maresme 49 14 5 68 1,042 294 82 1,418
Moianès 1 2 2 5 11 22 14 47
Montsià 3 2 4 9 130 80 78 288
Noguera 3 0 4 7 30 0 41 71
Osona 2 10 11 23 35 329 256 620
Pallars Jussà 1 0 2 3 20 0 39 59
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 2 2 0 0 16 16
Pla d'Urgell 5 1 3 9 65 24 75 164
Pla de l'Estany 9 1 0 10 84 15 0 99
Priorat 2 0 1 3 17 0 16 33
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 5 5 0 0 83 83
Ripollès 0 1 4 5 0 16 66 82
Segarra 0 3 2 5 0 90 28 118
Segrià 22 4 6 32 418 91 175 684
Selva 11 2 4 17 168 16 94 278
Solsonès 0 2 0 2 0 54 0 54
Tarragonès 8 5 4 17 182 143 75 400
Terra Alta 0 1 7 8 0 30 98 128
Urgell 4 2 4 10 77 55 36 168
Vallès Occidental 76 6 17 99 1,192 233 458 1,883
Vallès Oriental 34 12 7 53 432 282 208 922
Catalonia 535 149 206 890 9,414 3,691 4,919 18,024
Metropolità 383 73 77 533 6,652 1,870 2,089 10,611
Comarques Gironines 40 15 19 74 629 301 511 1,441
Camp de Tarragona 27 10 20 57 540 263 399 1,202
Terres de l'Ebre 7 5 18 30 240 185 329 754
Ponent 35 10 22 67 600 260 433 1,293
Comarques Centrals 13 26 28 67 218 595 590 1,403
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 2 7 11 30 40 104 174
Penedès 28 8 15 51 505 177 464 1,146
Barcelona 416 104 117 637 7,282 2,582 3,043 12,907
Girona 40 16 19 75 629 311 511 1,451
Lleida 37 13 29 79 630 344 537 1,511
Tarragona 42 16 41 99 873 454 828 2,155
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

Last update: February 22, 2017.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Day centre for the elderly
Specialised care centre that offers daytime placement and care services for the everyday lives over elderly people with major dependences. These services can be provided by a specific establishment or as an integral service within general care spaces and as part of the daily functional activities programme of a residence. They can be temporary or permanent. The beneficiaries are elderly people that need organisation, supervision and care in order to carry out everyday activities, and whose care is complemented by other care provided by their family or social environment.
Specialised care social service
Level of specific action aimed at the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, support and rehabilitation of the social deficits of people belonging to collectives or segments of the population due to the singularity of their needs. These services are provided by specialised professionals and depending on different cases, may use community, daytime or residential services along with other adequate resources for said purpose.

Methodological aspects

The Catalan social services system is the coordinated set of personal services, facilities, activities, economic benefits and of prevention, care and social promotion in Catalonia, which aims to ensure the participation of all citizens in the benefits of social life. Is specifically designed for individuals, families or groups who, by having difficulties in the development and integration into society, lack of personal autonomy, physical, mental or sensory disabilities, family problems or suffer social marginalization, are creditors of collective and caring effort.

The system is divided functionally into primary care social services and social services of specialized care, and is organized territorially in key areas of social services, sectors of county, regional and territorial areas of Catalonia, and in the following areas of action: care for family, childhood and adolescence; care for people with disabilities, old age care and treatment of drug addicts.

The professional staff working in day care centre for senior citizens is multidisciplinary. The assignment of a day care centre is conducted through Individual Care Program (PAI), developed by public social services, which determines the most appropriate methods of intervention to the needs of people in situations of dependence on services and economic benefits provided for in resolution by his degree and level.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".